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Racing Diego to Pearisburg Pt. 2
“Dude, I think I’ve got an ear infection!” It’s COLD in the morning, and Mule is hurting. It’s after 8:00, but none of us are in a hurry to go out into the frigid world, Gritty included. Mule thinks he has an inner ear…
Racing Diego to Pearisburg Pt. 1
This was the section hike that went anything but as planned. Mule had 3 of his 5 kids competing in our state high school swim meet, and he didn’t get back to town until 2 AM Sunday morning. He spent a (too) hurried 30…
Roan Highlands September 2015
Three years ago my wife (Marmot Girl) and I got away for 5 days and hiked practically in the backyard of where she grew up- The Roan Highlands. I have deliberately tried to cherry-pick some of the more scenic sections of the AT to…
April in the Shenandoahs
Finally, I get a week off in spring for a section hike! I had originally planned to do the AT section through Shenandoah National Park with my hiking buddy Mule, but he got called to an out of state work assignment at the last…
US19 NOBO to Damascus
My new job has given me TEN weeks of vacation this year, and up until now I’d only used one of them for a section hike. It was time to correct that deficiency. My wife and I had already done the Roan Highlands section…
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